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"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."	William F. Buckley
"I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies."	William F. Buckley
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."	Confucius
"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches."	Margaret Thatcher
"Socialism: An attempt to curb the destructive power of monopolies by creating the biggest one of all."	Author Unknown
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."	John F. Kennedy
"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were."	John F. Kennedy
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."	George Carlin
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."	George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."	George Washington
"That government is best which governs least."	Thomas Paine
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."	Thomas Paine
"From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?"	Thomas Paine
"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government."	Benjamin Franklin
"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."	Benjamin Franklin
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost."	Aristotle
"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."	Aristotle
"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."	Aristotle
"Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tentative agreements..."	Dave Barry
"Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God."	GK Chesterton

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